Maine Playwrights Festival – And the winner is… One of the truly good aspects of the judging process for the 2014 Maine Playwrights Festival is the inclusion of comments from the readers of the play. This is the first time it has happened, and it is most welcome. Acorn Productions, the sponsor of the Festival […]
The Granddaddy of American Short Play Festivals As Catalyst for Action The deadline for submitting an entry for the 38th Annual Samuel French Off Off Broadway Short Play Festival has come and gone. Forty finalists will be chosen by a reading panel from over 900 submissions.ย The forty finalist plays will be performed live in […]
In the previous post I provided a link to the book: Off Off Broadway Festival Plays 34th series. One of the short plays in the book is called “Realer Than That” by Kitt Lavoie.ย Kitt is the Artistic Director of The Cry Havoc Company, which focuses on developing new plays. www.cryhavoccompany.org If you follow the […]
On May 3, on Goodreads, I offered nine free signed paperback copies of my novel A Bridge to Treachery to anyone who wanted to read it. My motivation was to increase reader exposure to the book in hopes that this would result in increased sales and reviews. The offer was good until June 3. […]
In the first post I declared that there certainly is a novel to be found within your full length play.ย But it won’t be an easy job pulling it out. The effectiveness of the story told in a play depends so much on the director, the cast, the set, lighting, and sound — all of […]